Guest MrRant Report post Posted June 6, 2003 SEATTLE -- Rick Neuheisel's football coaching career at Washington: Jan. 11, 1999 : Neuheisel, 37, hired as Washington's coach after four years at Colorado, with a contract worth $997,000 a year for five years. Feb. 3, 1999: Reports surface on national letter-of-intent signing day that Neuheisel is being investigated for improper visits to five recruits. It later is revealed that Neuheisel also made improper contact with several of his former Colorado players and engaged one UW recruit in a basketball-shooting contest, deemed an improper tryout by the NCAA. June 19, 1999: Pac-10 accepts Washington's self-imposed penalties for two violations, including reducing Neuheisel's off-campus visits in 2000 from 29 to 9. UW also agrees not to accept any of Neuheisel's former Colorado players as transfers. Jan. 1, 2001: Washington beats Purdue 34-24 in the Rose Bowl, capping an 11-1 season. Sept. 4, 2001: Neuheisel's contract is improved to a guaranteed $1.21 million a year, with incentives to a possible $1.46 million a season. Feb. 6, 2002: On national letter-of-intent day, Neuheisel criticizes recruiting tactics of Oregon and UCLA, drawing a Pac-10 reprimand. UCLA coach Bob Toledo also is reprimanded for comments about Neuheisel, and Oregon reprimanded for the tactics Neuheisel criticized. April 11, 2002: Colorado officials confirm the school has been accused by the NCAA of a lack of institutional control and multiple minor violations during time Neuheisel was coach. Sept. 3, 2002: Neuheisel receives a contract extension through the 2007 season, including a $1.5 million loan he does not have to pay back if he works through the life of the contract. With the loan and incentives, Neuheisel now can make more than $1.8 million a season. Oct. 8, 2002: NCAA completes investigation into Neuheisel's tenure at Colorado and prohibits him from off-campus recruiting through May 31, 2003, as a penalty for his part in more than 50 minor violations. Dec. 31, 2002: Washington loses to Purdue in Sun Bowl, 34-24, ending a 7-6 season. Jan. 9, 2003: Neuheisel censured by the American Football Coaches Association after its board finds he has shown a lack of remorse for his role in the Colorado violations. Feb. 11, 2003: After rumors that he interviewed with the San Francisco 49ers for their head coaching position the previous day, Neuheisel releases a statement denying he ever talked to the 49ers. Feb. 12, 2003: After more reports that he talked to the 49ers, Neuheisel acknowledges interviewing with San Francisco officials, saying his initial denials were a "knee-jerk reaction" to protect a confidentiality agreement. Feb. 13, 2003: Washington athletic director Barbara Hedges says there will be no discipline of Neuheisel for lying about having interviewed with the 49ers. Feb. 14, 2003: Interim UW president Lee Huntsman says he had spoken to Neuheisel about the 49ers incident to make it "especially clear to Rick what the university's expectations are." Huntsman says he is "not prepared to talk about" whether the school had considered firing Neuheisel. June 4, 2003: NCAA launches inquiry into Neuheisel betting on college basketball. Neuheisel confirms he bet on the NCAA men's basketball tournament for the past two years. He says the bets were made in an annual auction with his friends and neighbors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted June 7, 2003 Neuheisel should of been out for all the recruiting violations he's committed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted June 7, 2003 OH MY GOD HE PLACED A BET ON THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT! LET'S FIRE HIM!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrRant Report post Posted June 7, 2003 He bet $5,000 bucks . That isn't like a hundred or some petty thing. FIVE THOUSAND Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Redhawk Report post Posted June 7, 2003 I know getting in a NCAA tourney pool may seem like nothing, but the rule clearly states that a college coach cannot bet on college sports. Rick could have dropped $5,000 on the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the NBA Lottery, the World Series, a Tyson fight, the Olympic 100-meter dash, American Idol, Joe Millionaire, the HHH-Booker T match.....ANYTHING. All he had to do to keep collecting his $1.7 million a year was just refrain from betting on TWO types of sports -- college football and basketball (no one bets on any other college sports anyway). For that he should be fired, just for being so stupid and arrogant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted June 7, 2003 Coaches have got to know that they can't do things like this, and not except to be reprimanded or even fired for it. Their supposed to represent the school and be someone the players can look up too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted June 7, 2003 He bet $5,000 bucks . That isn't like a hundred or some petty thing. FIVE THOUSAND If it violates the rules then I guess he should get in trouble for it, but the amount is meaningless. $5,000 doesn't mean alot to someone making the money Neuheisel is. If they go after it it has to be for the fact he made the bets, not the amount. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
